The recovery revolution : the battle over addiction treatment in the United States /

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In the 1960s, as illegal drug use grew from a fringe issue to a pervasive public concern, a new industry arose to treat the addiction epidemic. Over the next five decades, the industry's leaders promised to rehabilitate the casualties of the drug culture even as incarceration rates for drug-rel...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Clark, Claire D. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Columbia University Press, [2017]
Subjects:
Substance abuse > Treatment > United States > History.
Substance abuse treatment facilities > United States > History.
Therapeutic communities > United States > History.
Therapeutic communities.
Self-help groups.
Substance-Related Disorders > therapy
Substance-Related Disorders > history
Substance Abuse Treatment Centers > history
Therapeutic Community
Self-Help Groups
Drug and Narcotic Control > history
History, 20th Century
History, 21st Century
Polytoxicomanie > Traitement > États-Unis > Histoire.
Toxicomanie > Hôpitaux > États-Unis > Histoire.
Communauté thérapeutique > États-Unis > Histoire.
Communauté thérapeutique.
Groupes d'entraide.
Médecine > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Médecine > Histoire > 21e siècle.
HISTORY > United States > 20th Century.
Substance abuse > Treatment.
Substance abuse treatment facilities.
United States
United States.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : the roots of revolution
  • Part I. Revolution. 1. Selling Synanon
  • 2. Synanon Rashomon
  • Part II. Co-optation. 3. Selling the second generation
  • 4. Left, right, and chaos
  • Part III. Industrialization. 5. Selling a drug-free America
  • 6. Courts and markets
  • Conclusion : the revolution's aftermath.

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